List_of_plants_by_common_name Knowpia

This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.

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Angel trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens)

African sheepbush – Pentzia incana
Alder – Alnus
- Black alder – Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata
- Common alder – Alnus glutinosa
- False alder – Ilex verticillata
- Gray alder – Alnus incana
- Speckled alder – Alnus incana
- White alder – Alnus incana, Alnus rhombifolia, Ilex verticillata
Almond – Prunus dulcis
Aloe vera – Aloe vera
Amaranth – Amaranthus
- Foxtail amaranth – Amaranthus caudatus
Ambrosia
- Tall ambrosia – Ambrosia trifida
Amy root – Apocynum cannabinum
Angel trumpet – Brugmansia suaveolens
Apple – Malus domestica
Apricot – Prunus armeniaca
Arfaj – Rhanterium epapposum
Arizona sycamore – Platanus wrighitii
Arrowwood – Cornus florida
- Indian arrowwood – Cornus florida
Ash – Fraxinus spp.
- Black ash – Acer negundo, Fraxinus nigra
- Blue ash – Fraxinus quadrangulata
- Cane ash – Fraxinus americana
- European ash – Fraxinus excelsior^[1]
- Green ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata
- Maple ash – Acer negundo
- Red ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata
- River ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Swamp ash – Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- White ash – Fraxinus americana
- Water ash – Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Azolla – Azolla
- Carolina azolla – Azolla caroliniana
- Water Fern - Azolla Filiculoides

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Fruits of four different banana cultivars

Bamboo – bamboosa ardinarifolia
Banana – mainly Musa × paradisica, but also other Musa species and hybrids
Baobab – Adansonia
Bay – Laurus spp. or Umbellularia spp.
- Bay laurel – Laurus nobilis (culinary)
- California bay – Umbellularia californica
Bean – Fabaceae, specifically Phaseolus spp.
Bearberry – Ilex decidua
Bear corn – Veratrum viride
Beech – Fagus
Bindweed
- Blue bindweed – Solanum dulcamara
Bird's nest – Daucus carota
Bird's nest plant – Daucus carota
Bird of paradise – Strelitzia reginae
Birch – Betula spp.
- Black birch – Betula lenta, Betula nigra
- Bolean birch – Betula papyrifera
- Canoe birch – Betula papyrifera
- Cherry birch – Betula lenta
- European weeping birch – Betula pendula
- European white birch – Betula pendula
- Gray birch – Betula alleghaniensis
- Mahogany birch – Betula lenta
- Paper birch – Betula papyrifera
- Red birch – Betula nigra
- River birch – Betula nigra, Betula lenta
- Silver birch – Betula papyrifera
- Spice birch – Betula lenta
- Sweet birch – Betula lenta
- Water birch – Betula nigra
- Weeping birch – Betula pendula
- White birch – Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula
- Yellow birch – Betula alleghaniensis
Bittercress – Barbarea vulgaris, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine hirsuta
- Hairy bittercress – Cardamine hirsuta
Bittersweet – Solanum dulcamara
- Trailing bittersweet – Solanum dulcamara
Bitterweed – Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemisia trifida, Helenium amarum
Blackberry – Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis
- Hispid swamp blackberry – Rubus hispidus
- Pennsylvania blackberry – Rubus pensilvanicus
- Running swamp blackberry – Rubus hispidus
Black cap – Rubus occidentalis
Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida
Blackhaw – Viburnum prunifolium
Blackiehead – Rudbeckia hirta
Black-weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Blueberry – Vaccinium (Cyanococcus) spp.
Bluebell – Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Blue-of-the-heavens – Allium caeruleum
Bola verde – Anisocapparis speciosa
Bow-wood – Maclura pomifera
Box – Buxus
- False box – Cornus florida
Boxelder – Acer negundo
Boxwood – Buxus, Cornus florida
- False boxwood – Cornus florida
Brier
- Sand brier – Solanum carolinense
Brittlebush – Encelia farinosa
Broadleaf – Plantago major
Brown Betty – Rudbeckia hirta
Brown-eyed susan – Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
Buckeye (California buckeye) – Aesculus californica
Buckeye – Aesculus spp.
Buffalo weed – Ambrosia trifida
Bugle – Ajuga reptans
Butterfly flower – Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly weed – Asclepias tuberosa

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Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)

Cabbage – Brassica oleracea
- Clumpfoot cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus
- Meadow cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus
- Skunk cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus, Lysichiton spp.
- Swamp cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus
California bay – Umbellularia californica
California buckeye – Aesculus californica
California sycamore – Platanus racemosa
California walnut – Juglans californica
Canada root – Asclepias tuberosa
Cancer jalap – Phytolacca americana
Carrot – Daucus carota
- Wild carrot – Daucus carota
Carrot weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Cart track plant – Plantago major
Catalina ironwood – Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. floribundus
Cedar – Cedrus spp.
- Blue Atlas cedar – Cedrus atlantica
- Deodar cedar – Cedrus deodara
Chalk milkwort – Polygala calcarea
Charlock – Sinapis arvensis
Cherry – Prunus spp.
- Black cherry – Prunus serotina
- Cabinet cherry – Prunus serotina
- Rum cherry – Prunus serotina
- Whiskey cherry – Prunus serotina
- Wild cherry – Prunus avium, Prunus serotina
- Wild black cherry – Prunus serotina
Chestnut – Castanea spp.
Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa
Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium
(True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum
Clove – Syzygium aromaticum
Clover – Trifolium spp.
Coakum – Phytolacca americana
Coconut – Cocos nucifera
Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
Colic weed – Corydalis flavula
Collard – Symplocarpus foetidus
Columbine – Aquilegia vulgaris
Colwort
- Hare's colwort – Sonchus oleraceus
Comfrey – Symphytum spp.
Coneflower
- Brilliant coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida
- Cutleaf coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata
- Eastern coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida
- Green-headed Coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata
- Orange coneflower – Rudbeckia fulgida
- Tall coneflower – Rudbeckia laciniata
- Thin-leaved Coneflower – Rudbeckia triloba
- Three-leaved Coneflower – Rudbeckia triloba
Cornel
- Blueberry cornel – Cornus amomum
- Silky cornel – Cornus amomum
- White cornel – Cornus florida
Cornelian tree – Cornus florida
Corydalis – Corydalis spp.
- Fern-leaf Corydalis – Corydalis chelidoniifolia
- Golden corydalis – Corydalis aurea
- Pale corydalis – Corydalis flavula, Corydalis sempervirens
- Pink corydalis – Corydalis sempervirens
- Yellow corydalis – Corydalis lutea, Corydalis flavula
Cotton plant – Gossypium
Creeping yellowcress – Rorippa sylvestris
Cress – (several genera)
- American cress – Barbarea verna
- Bank cress – Barbarea verna
- Belle Isle cress – Barbarea verna
- Bermuda cress – Barbarea verna
- Bulbous cress – Cardamine bulbosa
- Lamb's cress – Cardamine hirsuta
- Land cress – Barbarea verna, Cardamine hirsuta
- Scurvy cress – Barbarea verna
- Spring cress – Cardamine bulbosa
- Upland cress – Barbarea verna
Crowfoot – Cardamine concatenata
Crow's nest – Daucus carota
Crow's toes – Cardamine concatenata
Cucumber – Cucumis sativus

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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Daisy
- Brown daisy – Rudbeckia hirta
- Common daisy, daisy – Bellis perennis
- Gloriosa daisy – Rudbeckia hirta
- Poorland daisy – Rudbeckia hirta
- Yellow daisy – Rudbeckia hirta
- Yellow ox-eye daisy – Rudbeckia hirta
Deadnettle – Lamium spp.
- Henbit deadnettle – Lamium amplexicaule
- Red deadnettle – Lamium purpureum
- Spotted deadnettle – Lamium maculatum
Desert Rose – Adenium obesum
Devil's bite – Veratrum viride
Devil's darning needle – Clematis virginiana
Devil's nose – Clematis virginiana
Devil's plague – Daucus carota
Dewberry
- Bristly dewberry – Rubus hispidus
- Swamp dewberry – Rubus hispidus
Dindle – Sonchus arvensis
Dogwood – Cornus spp.
- American dogwood – Cornus florida
- Florida dogwood – Cornus florida
- Flowering dogwood – Cornus florida
- Japanese flowering dogwood – Cornus kousa
- Kousa dogwood – Cornus kousa
Drumstick – Moringa oleifera
- Pacific dogwood – Cornus nuttallii
- Silky dogwood – Cornus amomum
- Swamp dogwood – Cornus amomum
Duck retten – Veratrum viride
Duscle – Solanum nigrum
Durian – Durio zibethinus
- Durian kura kura – Durio testudinarius
- Durian munjit – Durio grandiflorus
- Durian pulu – Durio kutejensis
- Red durian – Durio dulcis
Dye-leaves – Ilex glabra

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Easter orchid (Cattleya schroederae)

Easter orchid – Cattleya schroederae
Earth gall – Veratrum viride
Elderberry – Sambucus
Elegant lupine – Lupinus elegans
Elephant apple – Dillenia indica
English bull's eye – Rudbeckia hirta
Eucalyptus – Eucalyptus spp.
Evergreen huckleberry – Vaccinium ovatum
Extinguisher moss – Encalypta
Eytelia – Amphipappus

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Fellenwort (Solanum dulcamara)

Fair-maid-of-France – Achillea ptarmica
Fairymoss Azolla caroliniana
Fellenwort – Solanum dulcamara
Felonwood – Solanum dulcamara
Felonwort – Solanum dulcamara
Fennel – Foeniculum vulgare
Ferns
- Boston fern or sword fern – Nephrolepis exaltata
- Christmas fern – Polystichum acrostichoides
- Coast polypody – Polypodium scouleri
- Kimberly queen fern – Nephrolepis obliterata
- Korean rock fern – Polystichum tsus-simense
- Mosquito fern – Azolla caroliniana
- Sword ferns – Polystichum spp.
- Water fern – Azolla caroliniana
- Western sword fern – Polystichum munitum
Feverbush – Ilex verticillata
Feverfew – Tanacetum parthenium
Field forget-me-not – Myosotis arvensis
Fig – Ficus spp.
- Common fig – Ficus carica
Flax
- European flax – Linum usitatissimum
- New Zealand flax – Phormium tenax, Phormium colensoi
Fluxroot – Asclepias tuberosa
Foxglove – Digitalis purpurea
Fumewort
- Yellow fumewort – Corydalis flavula

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Golden chain (Laburnum)

Gallberry – Ilex glabra
Garget – Phytolacca americana
Garlic
- Golden garlic – Allium moly
- Wild garlic – Allium canadense
Garlic mustard – Alliaria petiolata
Garlic root – Alliaria petiolata
Germander speedwell – Veronica chamaedrys
Gilliflower
- Dame's gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
- Night scented gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
- Queen's gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
- Rogue's gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
- Winter gilliflower – Hesperis matronalis
Golden buttons – Tanacetum vulgare
Golden chain – Laburnum
Goldenglow – Rudbeckia laciniata
Golden Jerusalem – Rudbeckia hirta
Gordaldo – Achillea millefolium
Goose tongue – Achillea ptarmica
Grapefruit – Citrus × paradisi
Grapevine – Vitis
Grass - Poaceae
- Bermuda grass - Cynodon dactylon
Green berry nightshade – Solanum opacum
Groundberry – Rubus hispidus
- Bristly groundberry – Rubus hispidus
Gutweed – Sonchus arvensis

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Hellebore (Helleborus orientalis)

Haldi – Curcuma domestica
Harlequin
- Rock harlequin – Corydalis sempervirens
- Yellow harlequin – Corydalis flavula
Hay fever weed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemisia trifida
Healing blade – Plantago major
Hedge plant – Maclura pomifera
Hellebore – Helleborus
- American white hellebore – Veratrum viride
- Big hellebore – Veratrum viride
- Black hellebore – Veratrum nigrum
- European white hellebore – Veratrum album
- False hellebore – Veratrum album, Veratrum viride
- Swamp hellebore – Veratrum viride
- White hellebore – Veratrum album, Veratrum viride
Hemp – Cannabis spp., specifically Cannabis sativa
Hemp dogbane – Apocynum cannabinum
Hemlock - Tsuga
Hen plant – Plantago major
Herb barbara – Barbarea vulgaris
Hogweed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Holly – Ilex spp.
- Deciduous holly – Ilex decidua, Ilex verticillata
- European holly – Ilex aquifolium
- Inkberry holly – Ilex glabra
- Meadow holly – Ilex decidua
- Swamp holly – Ilex decidua
- Winterberry holly – Ilex verticillata
Honesty – Lunaria annua
Horse cane – Ambrosia trifida
Horseradish – Armoracia rusticana
Hound's berry – Solanum nigrum
Huckleberry – Vaccinium spp.
- Evergreen huckleberry – Vaccinium ovatum
- Trailing red huckleberry – Vaccinium parvifolium
Houseleek – Sempervivum tectorum
Hydrangea – Hydrangea macrophylla

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Ivy (Hedera)

Indian hemp – various genera
- Indian hemp – Apocynum cannabinum, Cannabis indica
- White Indian hemp – Asclepias incarnata
Indian paintbrush – Castilleja, Castilleja mutis, Asclepias tuberosa
Indian posy – Asclepias tuberosa
Inkberry – Ilex glabra, Phytolacca americana
Ironwood – Acacia estrophiolata
Isle of Man cabbage – Coincya monensis
Itchweed – Veratrum viride
Ivy – Hedera spp.

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Jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

Jack-by-the-hedge – Alliaria petiolata
Jack-in-the-bush – Alliaria petiolata
Jasmine – Jasminum officinale
Jewel orchid – Ludisia discolor
Jointed rush – Juncus kraussii
Jugflower – Adenanthos obovatus
Juneberry – Amelanchier canadensis
Juniper – Various species in the genus Juniperus

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Kudzu (Pueraria montana)

Keek – Rorippa sylvestris
King fern – Ptisana salicina
Kinnikinnik – Cornus amomum
Kittentail – Veronica bullii
Knotweed (Japanese) – Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica)
Kousa – Cornus kousa
Kudzu – Pueraria montana
Kumarahou – Pomaderris kumeraho

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Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

Lace Aloe - Aloe aristata
Laceflower – Daucus carota
Lace fern – Asparagus setaceus
Lady's mantle – Alchemilla mollis
Lady's smock – Cardamine pratensis
Lamb's foot – Plantago major
Latanier palm – Phoenicophorium
Laurel magnolia – Magnolia splendens
Lavender – Lavandula
Leek – Allium
Lemon – Citrus × limon
Leopard lily – Lilium catesbaei
Lily of the Nile – Agapanthus praecox
Lettuce – Lactuca sativa
- Lily leek – Allium moly
Lilac
- Summer lilac – Hesperis matronalis
Little sunflower – Helianthella
Lone fleabane – Erigeron cavernensis
Love-lies-bleeding – Amaranthus caudatus
Love vine – Clematis virginiana
Lupin – Lupinus

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Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Magnolia – Magnolia
- Bracken's Brown Beauty magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
- Galaxy magnolia – Magnolia x
- Jane magnolia – Magnolia x
- Kay Parris magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
- Little Gem magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
- Moonglow magnolia – Magnolia virginiana
- Royal Star magnolia – Magnolia stellata
- Serendipity Ruby magnolia – Magnolia figo
- Southern magnolia – Magnolia grandiflora
- Stellar Ruby magnolia – Magnolia figo
- Sweetbay magnolia – Magnolia virginiana
- Waterlilly Star magnolia – Magnolia stellata
Maize – Zea mays
Mango – Mangifera indica
Maple – Acer
- Ash-leaved maple – Acer negundo
- Black maple – Acer nigrum
- Creek maple – Acer saccharinum
- Cutleaf maple – Acer negundo
- Maple ash – Acer negundo
- Moose maple – Acer pensylvanicum
- Red river maple – Acer negundo
- River maple – Acer saccharinum
- Silver maple – Acer saccharinum
- Silverleaf maple – Acer saccharinum
- Soft maple – Acer saccharinum
- Striped maple – Acer pensylvanicum
- Sugar maple – Acer saccharum (main use), Acer barbatum, Acer leucoderme,
- Swamp maple – Acer saccharinum
- Water maple – Acer saccharinum
- White maple – Acer saccharinum
Mesquite – Prosopis
- Honey mesquite – Prosopis glandulosa
- Screwbean mesquite – Prosopis pubescens
Milfoil – Achillea millefolium
Milkweed – Asclepias, Sonchus oleraceus
- Blunt-leaved Milkweed – Asclepias amplexicaulis
- Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca
- Horsetail milkweed – Asclepias verticillata
- Orange milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa
- Swamp milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
- Rose milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
- Whorled milkweed – Asclepias verticillata
- Yellow milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa
Milky tassel – Sonchus oleraceus
Moosewood – Acer pensylvanicum

Petty morel (Solanum nigrum)

Petty morel – Solanum nigrum
Morelle verte – Solanum opacum
Mosquito plant – Azolla caroliniana
Mother-of-the-evening – Hesperis matronalis
Mountain mahogany – Betula lenta
Mulberry – Morus
- Red mulberry – Morus rubra
- White mulberry – Morus alba
Swiss Cheese Plant - Monstera deliciosa

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Native fuchsia (Epacris longiflora)

Native fuchsia – Epacris longiflora
Necklace fern – Asplenium flabellifolium
Neem – Azadirachta indica
Nettle – Urtica dioica
- Bull nettle – Solanum carolinense
- Carolina horse nettle – Solanum carolinense
- Horse nettle – Solanum carolinense
Night-blooming cactus – Hylocereus
Nightshade
- American nightshade – Phytolacca americana, Solanum americanum
- Bitter nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
- Black nightshade – Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum
- Climbing nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
- Deadly nightshade – Atropa belladonna
- Garden nightshade – Solanum nigrum
- Trailing nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
  - Trailing violet nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
  - Woody nightshade – Solanum dulcamara
Nodding wakerobin – Trillium cernuum
Northern moonwort – Botrychium boreale
Nosebleed – Achillea millefolium

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Sweet orange (Citrus × sinensis)

Oak tree – Quercus
- Algerian Oak – Quercus canariensis
- Blue oak – Quercus douglasii
- Bur oak – Quercus macrocarpa
- California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
- Canyon Live Oak Quercus chrysolepis
- Champion oak – Quercus rubra
- Coast live oak – Quercus agrifolia
- Cork oak – Quercus suber
- Dyer's oak – Quercus velutina
- Eastern black oak – Quercus velutina
- English oak – Quercus robur
- Island oak – Quercus tomentella
- Mirbeck's oak – Quercus canariensis
- Mossycup white oak – Quercus macrocarpa
- Northern red oak – Quercus rubra
- Pedunculate oak – Quercus robur
- Pin oak – Quercus palustris
- Red oak – Quercus rubra, Quercus coccinea
- Scarlet oak – Quercus coccinea
- Scrub oak – Quercus macrocarpa
- Sessile oak – Quercus petraea
- Spanish oak – Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubra
- Spotted oak – Quercus velutina
- Swamp oak – Quercus palustris, Quercus bicolor
- Swamp Spanish oak – Quercus palustris
- Swamp white oak – Quercus bicolor
- Valley oak – Quercus lobata
- White oak – Quercus alba
- Yellowbark oak – Quercus velutina
Obedient Plant – Physostegia virginiana
Olive – Olea europaea
Onion – Allium
- Common onion – Allium cepa
- Giant onion – Allium giganteum
- Nodding onion – Allium cernuum
- Tree onion – Allium canadense
- Wild onion – Allium canadense
Orange –
- Osage orange – Maclura pomifera
- Sweet orange – Citrus × sinensis
- Wild orange – Maclura pomifera
Orange-root – Asclepias tuberosa
Osage – Maclura pomifera
Osier – Salix; (in North America) Cornus
- Red osier – Cornus amomum

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Golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica)

Parsley – Petroselinum crispum
Parsnip – Pastinaca sativa, Daucus carota
Pawpaw - Asimina triloba
Pea – Pisum sativum
Peach – Prunus persica
Peanut – Arachis hypogaea
Pear – Pyrus
Pellitory
- Bastard pellitory – Achillea ptarmica
- European pellitory – Achillea ptarmica
- Wild pellitory – Achillea ptarmica
Penny hedge – Alliaria petiolata
Pepper root – Cardamine concatenata
Petty spurge – Euphorbia peplus
Pigeon berry – Phytolacca americana
Pine – Pinus
- Aleppo pine – Pinus halepensis
- Apache pine – Pinus engelmannii
- Austrian pine – Pinus nigra
- Black pine – Pinus thunbergii
- Bosnian pine – Pinus heldreichii
- Canary Island pine – Pinus canariensis
- Chinese red pine – Pinus tabuliformis
- Chir pine – Pinus roxburghii
- Henry's pine – Pinus henryi
- Huangshan pine – Pinus hwangshanensis
- Japanese red pine – Pinus densiflora
- Khasi pine – Pinus kesiya
- Loblolly pine – Pinus taeda
- Luchu pine – Pinus luchuensis
- Maritime pine – Pinus pinaster
- Masson's pine – Pinus massoniana
- Merkus pine – Pinus merkusii
- Mountain pine – Pinus mugo
- Red pine – Pinus resinosa
- Scots pine – Pinus sylvestris
- Sikang pine – Pinus densata
- Stone pine – Pinus pinea
- Taiwan red pine – Pinus taiwanensis
- Tenasserim pine – Pinus latteri
- Tropical pine – Pinus tropicalis
- Turkish pine – Pinus brutia
- Yunnan pine – Pinus yunnanensis
Pineapple – Ananas
- False pineapple – Ananas macrodontes
- Pineapple – Ananas comosus
Pistachio – Pistacia
- Atlas pistachio – Pistacia atlantica
- Chinese pistache – Pistacia chinensis
- Mexican pistache – Pistacia mexicana
- Persian turpentine tree – Pistacia eurycarpa
- Pistachio – Pistacia vera
- Terebinth – Pistacia terebinthus
- Zebrawood – Pistacia integerrima
Plane (European sycamore) – Platanus acerifolia
Plantain – Plantago
- Common plantain – Plantago major
- Sea plantain – Plantago maritima
Pleurisy root – Asclepias tuberosa
Poached egg plant – Limnanthes douglasii
Pocan bush – Phytolacca americana
Poison ivy – Toxicodendron radicans
Poisonberry – Solanum dulcamara
Poisonflower – Solanum dulcamara
Poke – Phytolacca americana
- Indian poke – Veratrum viride
Pokeroot – Phytolacca americana
Pokeweed – Phytolacca americana
Polkweed – Symplocarpus foetidus
Polecat weed – Symplocarpus foetidus
Poor Annie – Veratrum viride
Poor man's mustard – Alliaria petiolata
Poplar – Populus
Poppy – Papaveraceae
Possumhaw – Ilex decidua
Potato – Solanum tuberosum
Primrose – Primula vulgaris

Q edit

Queen Anne's lace – Daucus carota, Anthriscus sylvestris
Quercitron – Quercus velutina

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Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

Radical weed – Solanum carolinense
Ragweed – Ambrosia
- Common ragweed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia
- Giant ragweed – Ambrosia trifida
- Great ragweed – Ambrosia trifida
Ragwort – Senecio
- Common ragwort – Senecio jacobaea
- Hoary ragwort – Senecio erucifolius
- Marsh ragwort – Senecio aquaticus
- Oxford ragwort – Senecio squalidus
- Silver ragwort – Senecio cineraria
Rantipole – Daucus carota
Rapeseed – Brassica napus
Raspberry – Rubus (Idaeobatus) spp.
- Black raspberry – Rubus occidentalis
- Purple raspberry – Rubus occidentalis
Redbrush – Cornus amomum
Redbud – Cercis spp.
- Eastern redbud – Cercis canadensis
- Western redbud – Cercis occidentalis
- Judas-tree – Cercis siliquastrum
Red ink plant – Phytolacca americana
Redweed – Phytolacca americana
Rheumatism root – Apocynum cannabinum
Rhubarb – Rheum rhabarbarum
Ribwort – Plantago major
Rice
- Asian rice – Oryza sativa
- African rice – Oryza glaberrima
Roadweed – Plantago major
Rocket – (several genera)
- Dame's rocket – Hesperis matronalis
- Sweet rocket – Hesperis matronalis
- Winter rocket – Barbarea vulgaris
- Yellow rocket – Barbarea vulgaris
Rocketcress – Barbarea vulgaris
Rose – Rosa
- Baby rose – Rosa multiflora
- Dwarf wild rose – Rosa virginiana
- Low rose – Rosa virginiana
- Multiflora rose – Rosa multiflora
- Prairie rose – Rosa virginiana
- Rambler rose – Rosa multiflora
- Wild rose – Rosa virginiana
Rosemary – Rosmarinus officinalis
Rye – Secale cereale